Old Boys protest at the scapegoating of Dr Roberts, do not endorse sexual abuse or want to “turn back the clock.”They have shown the School Council did not investigate the claims of abuse or talk to those including former Council chairmen who were there at the time.

There were two complaints made in the Roberts era, against Leslie and Wippell. He acted appropriately and with the full authority of Council and Archbishop. In the 1960s police would not have listened to uncorroborated complaints. It is fatuous to say Roberts should have gone to police, and morally bankrupt to condemn him for his proper actions.

The Hoskins crimes were not known or discovered until 2002. Whitehouse as rowing coach committed no offences against boys at the school. He was charged later for homosexual activities, then illegal, not child abuse.

The parents of the Leslie case victim were content that Leslie left to work for a member of the school council with the approval of the archbishop. We have a letter confirming this.

The demand for removing the name originated from and was organised by a former Roberts era student who had been convicted for murder as a life insurance claim fraud. He later attempted an international extortion, falsely claiming sexual abuse. The court documents indicate he faked a suicide and invented his claim of abuse by Wippell. He lied to the Royal Commission.

Old Boys have done the only comprehensive investigation of the facts of the case. They have proved that both the School and Aspinall failed in their duty to conduct due diligence into the complaints and allegations. They were prepared to trash the reputation of a fine headmaster, although warned not to.

The fact is the school and the church have been conned , manipulated by a criminal into a knee-jerk reaction to protect the archbishop’s reputation.

There was no vitriolic attack on Aspinall. He refused to accept the evidence put to him over many months. The 23 page letter simply set out the history of negotiations

Posted by Ancestor, Friday, 21 April 2017 11:18:35 AM

Amanda Gearing states her interest in this matter is that a relative of hers is a survivor of child sexual abuse. She has made it clear elsewhere that it was her husband who was abused when young, yet strangely he arranged for the perpetrator priest to marry them!

Why is she railing against Churchie when her focus should be directed to and at the Anglican Church? With full knowledge of the abuse and without giving notice to Churchie, the Brisbane Diocese posted the perpetrator to the school as a Chaplain instead of taking action against him. As it happens, he did not offend against the school's boys, and the School dismissed him the moment it found out about his history. An earlier case of the School being conned!

Posted by Ancestor, Friday, 21 April 2017 1:53:31 PM

Fifty years on and the clowns are rejoicingGenuflecting to the gods of publicityTrashing the name of the dead with no voicesA sacrificial lamb to expediency

False judgements made by hollow menWhose spines are very weak To judge the past on present termsAnd let no others speak

Untested allegationsWithout questions seems the ruleA travesty of justice That could only come from fools

Blinded by the need to be politically correctIts hard to remember just who to protectThe name of the school above all other thingsEagles can’t soar with badly clipped wings

The Church and its soiled vestments Have much to answer forComplicit and deluded They are not above the law

It ill behoves a sullied ChurchTo play Pontius Pilate nowTake out that blinding plank of woodPerhaps renew your vow

Posted by Peter class63, Friday, 21 April 2017 5:15:30 PM

An Ode to Harry continued

They cannot need remindingOf shortcomings plain to allForgiveness is a two way streetFrom grace there’s been a fall

They try to wash and wring their hands And simply pass the blameIts not about the truth and factsIts almost like a game.

When reason fails to win the dayA scapegoat must be found To keep the baying hounds at bayOn very slippery ground

No one condones the goings on In the Church and at the schoolBut truth and facts cannot be ignored Where fairness is to rule

Decisions taken at the timeIn fact were overruledAnd now its sought to lay the blameBy the controllers of the school

Perhaps it’s all a dream gone wrongWhen I awake at lastI’ll find they have fixed the corner stoneRespected values past

Even corner stones will turn to dustWhile memories dim and fade But the values he inspired in us Are the legacy he made

We respected feared admired himStill now and even thenWith vision and a passionHe made schoolboys into men

The party nears the ending For the class of sixty threeMay they never give in to spineless fools And mediocrity

Whatever is the outcomeOf this squalid sordid messWe will still respect old Boofhead Lie in peace and stay at rest